Estimating the validity of the Clinical Dementia Rating scale: The CERAD experience

Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 379-385

  Fillenbaum, G G ^a,b   Peterson, B ^b   Morris, J C ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CDR; CERAD; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030479648     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339599     Document Type: Article

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